yo女

Chinese
outgoing; sociable female; woman; daughter
trad. (yo女) yo 女
simp. #(yo女) yo 女

Etymology

From English yo + 女 (“girl”), referring to how young males try to act cool when greeting girls.

Pronunciation

Verb

yo女

  1. (Cantonese, slang) to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 泡妞 (“to pick up a girl; to chase after a girl; to hit on a girl”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Mandarin Beijing 泡妞, 拍婆子 dated
Taiwan 泡妞, 泡馬子, 撩妹, 把妹, 把馬子
Singapore 泡妞
Cantonese Guangzhou 溝女
Hong Kong 溝女, 𠝹女, yo女
Southern Min Taipei 奅查某 GT, 奅姼仔 GT
Shantou 釣女
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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